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2023-08-18 16:36:30 UTC - HELPFUL
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The above tweet is misleading and provides no evidence. As flames destroyed houses, they melted water pipes, resulting in depressurization of the entire water network. And power outages complicated things because water is moved by well pumps. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/lahaina-water-failure.html Drought made it worse.
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